Best Bets: Athens playing host to a true ‘Trailblazer’

Loretta Lynn is coming to Athens on Friday night, and the Coal Miner’s Daughter is sure to pack the Classic Center Theatre with folks eager to hear the legend live. Lynn is as well-known for her dozens of hits, like “Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’” and “One’s on the Way,” as she is for her difficult and somewhat controversial life: Married at 13, Lynn had six children, a rocky marriage, and the feminist instincts to be the first person to write a song about birth control, as well as pen songs about the double standards divorced women face, the Vietnam War and lost virginity. In 2004, she paired up with Jack White of The White Stripes to release “Van Lear Rose,” an acclaimed crossover that brought Lynn’s music to a new audience. There are some tickets left, but be careful you don’t wind up in Fist City in the scramble for them. $32-$42. (800) 864-4160 or

www.classiccenter.com.

These beats got a Glitch

9 p.m. Saturday, New Earth Music Hall, 227 W. Dougherty St.

True to its name, The Glitch Mob makes glitchy dance music that’s as heavy as a party jam can be heavy. The three guys — edIT, Ooah and Boreta — hail from the West Coast and bring beats that don’t make you so much want to shake your rump as have a delirious, delightful seizure. They’re playing with Free the Robots, the psych/electronic project of DJ Chris Alfaro, and Deru. $18 advance; $20 at door. (706) 543-8283 or newearthmusichall.com.

Pontiak delivers farm-raised tunes

9:30 p.m. Monday, Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.

The Carney Brothers of Pontiak grew up together on a farm in Virginia and, listening to their music, you can imagine the fellows practicing in a woodshed out in the middle of the ear-bleeding country. They’re touring in support of their fifth album, “Living,” with Thrill Jockey label mates Arbouretum, whose dark Americana conjures melancholy. They’ll be joined by locals Ya’al Hush, whose space rock is backed by the experience of a Chrissakes member, two ex-Dark Meaters and a Part Bear player. $7; $9 (under 21).